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Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in July: ranked by sea temperature

Abu Dhabi tops the list at 33 °C in July. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in Asia.

Top three in July: Abu Dhabi (33 °C) , Dubai (33 °C) , Sharjah (33 °C) . Between first and 50th place the sea temp differs by 3.4 °C.

# Destination Country Sea temp Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates 33 °C 40 °C 30 °C 1 mm 0 382 h 33 °C
2 Dubai United Arab Emirates 33 °C 42 °C 29 °C 3 mm 0 383 h 33 °C
3 Sharjah United Arab Emirates 33 °C 41 °C 29 °C 2 mm 0 384 h 33 °C
4 Lusail Qatar 33 °C 40 °C 29 °C 0 mm 0 387 h 33 °C
5 Doha Qatar 33 °C 41 °C 29 °C 0 mm 0 387 h 33 °C
6 Ar Rayyān Qatar 33 °C 42 °C 29 °C 0 mm 0 388 h 33 °C
7 Ras Al Khaimah United Arab Emirates 32 °C 39 °C 31 °C 2 mm 0 386 h 32 °C
8 Al Muharraq Bahrain 32 °C 36 °C 31 °C 0 mm 0 387 h 32 °C
9 Bandar Abbas Iran 32 °C 40 °C 30 °C 1 mm 0 389 h 32 °C
10 Dammam Saudi Arabia 32 °C 40 °C 30 °C 0 mm 0 386 h 32 °C
11 Al Jubayl Saudi Arabia 32 °C 41 °C 30 °C 0 mm 0 385 h 32 °C
12 Bushehr Iran 32 °C 36 °C 30 °C 0 mm 0 396 h 32 °C
13 Muscat Oman 31 °C 37 °C 30 °C 4 mm 0 363 h 31 °C
14 Al Ḩudaydah Yemen 31 °C 38 °C 29 °C 20 mm 3 324 h 31 °C
15 Al Aḩmadī Kuwait 31 °C 44 °C 31 °C 0 mm 0 385 h 31 °C
16 Ḩawallī Kuwait 31 °C 43 °C 32 °C 0 mm 0 386 h 31 °C
17 Şabyā Saudi Arabia 31 °C 37 °C 29 °C 25 mm 2 341 h 31 °C
18 Jeddah Saudi Arabia 30 °C 35 °C 28 °C 0 mm 0 387 h 30 °C
19 Alor Setar Malaysia 30 °C 30 °C 24 °C 196 mm 24 307 h 30 °C
20 Sungai Petani Malaysia 30 °C 30 °C 24 °C 168 mm 22 299 h 30 °C
21 Kota Kuala Muda Malaysia 30 °C 30 °C 25 °C 157 mm 21 298 h 30 °C
22 Paya Terubong Malaysia 30 °C 29 °C 25 °C 157 mm 21 299 h 30 °C
23 George Town Malaysia 30 °C 30 °C 25 °C 157 mm 21 299 h 30 °C
24 Percut Indonesia 30 °C 30 °C 23 °C 219 mm 23 307 h 30 °C
25 Langsa Indonesia 30 °C 30 °C 24 °C 114 mm 19 309 h 30 °C
26 Perbaungan Indonesia 30 °C 30 °C 24 °C 140 mm 18 309 h 30 °C
27 Bandar Seri Begawan Brunei 30 °C 30 °C 24 °C 183 mm 20 311 h 30 °C
28 Taiping Malaysia 30 °C 30 °C 24 °C 144 mm 20 301 h 30 °C
29 Hat Yai Thailand 30 °C 31 °C 24 °C 123 mm 20 320 h 30 °C
30 Sepang Malaysia 30 °C 29 °C 24 °C 160 mm 22 311 h 30 °C
31 Kota Kinabalu Malaysia 30 °C 29 °C 24 °C 188 mm 20 310 h 30 °C
32 Sitiawan Malaysia 30 °C 29 °C 25 °C 144 mm 21 307 h 30 °C
33 Miri Malaysia 30 °C 29 °C 25 °C 195 mm 21 308 h 30 °C
34 Lhokseumawe Indonesia 30 °C 30 °C 25 °C 137 mm 20 309 h 30 °C
35 Kapar Malaysia 30 °C 30 °C 25 °C 123 mm 18 307 h 30 °C
36 Shah Alam Malaysia 30 °C 30 °C 24 °C 118 mm 18 310 h 30 °C
37 Petaling Jaya Malaysia 30 °C 30 °C 23 °C 113 mm 18 311 h 30 °C
38 Bintulu Malaysia 30 °C 30 °C 24 °C 211 mm 22 297 h 30 °C
39 Kota Bharu Malaysia 30 °C 31 °C 25 °C 201 mm 26 327 h 30 °C
40 Pasir Mas Malaysia 30 °C 31 °C 24 °C 204 mm 26 325 h 30 °C
41 Malacca Malaysia 30 °C 29 °C 25 °C 187 mm 24 309 h 30 °C
42 Tanjungbalai Indonesia 30 °C 30 °C 24 °C 197 mm 23 307 h 30 °C
43 Muar Malaysia 30 °C 29 °C 25 °C 155 mm 22 307 h 30 °C
44 Batu Pahat Malaysia 30 °C 29 °C 25 °C 192 mm 23 309 h 30 °C
45 Ormoc Philippines 30 °C 29 °C 25 °C 294 mm 27 294 h 30 °C
46 Vinh Vietnam 30 °C 33 °C 27 °C 158 mm 11 296 h 30 °C
47 Padang Indonesia 30 °C 29 °C 23 °C 255 mm 20 293 h 30 °C
48 Iskandar Puteri Malaysia 30 °C 29 °C 25 °C 151 mm 22 314 h 30 °C
49 Singkawang Indonesia 30 °C 29 °C 24 °C 173 mm 18 304 h 30 °C
50 Dagupan Philippines 30 °C 30 °C 25 °C 403 mm 28 257 h 30 °C

Monthly values for the month named in the ranking; only destinations with a published climate page are ranked. Download this ranking as CSV.

The same ranking one month earlier and later

June: top 5

  1. Şabyā 32 °C
  2. Muscat 32 °C
  3. Abu Dhabi 32 °C
  4. Sharjah 31 °C
  5. Dubai 31 °C

Full ranking for June

August: top 5

  1. Lusail 34 °C
  2. Abu Dhabi 34 °C
  3. Doha 34 °C
  4. Ar Rayyān 34 °C
  5. Al Muharraq 34 °C

Full ranking for August

How this ranking is built

What is ranked
The average sea surface temperature at the coast, in °C, in July, highest first.
Period
1991–2020 climate normals: the same 30 years for every destination, so the list compares like with like.
Who is included
50 destinations in Asia with a published climate page. Neighbouring places that share a climate series are shown once.
Ties
Equal values are ordered by beach score.
Sources
ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis via Open-Meteo; sea temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1. Measured values are reproduced unchanged; only the ordering is ours.

Data sources and method

Normal period
1991–2020
Dataset version
era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: ranking order, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.